<topic>
	<head>
		<title>LEN</title>
		<keywords>
			<keyword term="functions, LEN" />
			<keyword term="string functions, LEN" />
			<keyword term="LEN function" />
		</keywords>
		<links>
			<link href="Functions.html">Functions</link>
			<link href="String Functions.html">String Functions</link>
		</links>
	</head>
	<body>
		<summary>
			<p>
				Returns the number of characters of a specified string, including any white space characters.
			</p>
		</summary>

		<syntax>
			<code xml:space="preserve">LEN(text AS string) RETURNS int</code>
		</syntax>

		<parameters>
			<params>
				<param name="text">
					<p>
						String to get the length of.
					</p>
				</param>
			</params>
		</parameters>

		<returns>
			<p>
				If <c>text</c> is <c>NULL</c> the return value is <c>NULL</c>. Otherwise the return value
				is the number of characters in <c>text</c>, including any white space characters.
			</p>
		</returns>
	</body>
</topic>
